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Hmm. Tried registering Hot Pursuit. It took the code, but didn't add it to the game list, and if I try to re-enter the code it says it's already been used. I suspect there may be some kinks to work out, here.

95% or so of EA games 2008+ had online registration components anyway, re-selling most games hasn't been possible for several years now whether you own physical copies or not. Registering your copy of ME2 on Origin, for example, isn't going to make it any less resalable than it already was.

Most of my Steam games are missing keys, so I can't try them (Mirror's Edge, Dead Space), while others just don't seem to work (Command and Conquer 3 and its expansion, Mass Effect). Crysis Warhead retail also doesn't appear to work.

I think the last EA game I bought on PC was Battlefield 2. So yeah. =/

Yeah. Don't think this is a trend I'm happy about, by the way, it's just that Origin isn't making it any worse as EA went down the dark path some time ago. Providing digital backups at least makes mandatory online registration ever so slightly more palatable.

I've been meaning to check out Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit at some point though.

You can use Game Key Revealer to find keys for Steam games that don't show in the client, you can also go to this site which works with some older games even though they can't be registered through Origin itself.

It's likely that the games that can be linked are ones that worked with the old EA Download Manager. For example, BF2 won't work, but 2142 may do, especially considering its expansion pack could only be obtained from there.